Chapter 2
"All rise!" said the bailiff "Judge Alexis Dade presiding" "Please be seated" "Now Ms.Rodriguez I understand that you wish to be place under house arrest is that correct." "Yes your honor" "Well Ms.Rodriguez i will have to deliberate with your lawyer and the ditrict attorney, I will take a 25 minute recess, Mr.Mordante, Mrs.Chase if you will."
"Alexis the girl has no where to go but the store for groceries, she has few friends to go out with and her boyfriend is in Santa Monica visiting family. She told me she is scared she is going to be raped by one of the girls." "Mr.Mordante I ask that during a hearing you remain professional" "Sorry your honor" Giorgio said with annoyance. "Your honor, this woman is a prime suspect in this murder investigation, we cant just let her go and live at her house!" "Mrs.Chase please do you realize what she is going through, her best friends husband was murdered and she is the one being blamed for it, cant we at least give her the comfort of her home!" "Mrs.Chase I have to agree with Mr.Mordante on this one." "But she is a PRIME suspect in this murder investiga..." The bailiff interrupted Mrs.Chase with some vital news about the investigation "Judge, the boy has woken up and is ready for questioning!" "Mr.Mordante, Mrs.Chase you will each have 30 minutes to question him. "Yes your honor" both lawyers said in unison, then left. Judge Dade returned to her court room. "Ms.Rodriguez I have decided to let you return to your home, But! you will be monitored by one of out officers and she will escort you to and from each place you go, is that understood"? "Yes your honor, Thank you, Thank you!". "Bailiff take Ms.Rodriguez to gather her things, and place her in the custody of Lt.Dominica." "Yes Ma'am".
"Now Ms.Rodriguez, when we get to your home, I will need to check your house for anything that should not be there, and then you are free to resume life as you knew it, with the exception that you are not allowed to leave your house." "Yes Lt.Dominica" "Call me Sha'Nae, if I am to be living with you throughout this investigation then we should be on a first name basis, Monica." "Ok, Sha'nae." Monica smiled, for the first time since the murder she had felt happy truly happy. They arrived to Monicas home upon entering they found that the house had been ransacked "Wait here" "Ok". Sha'nae walked up the stairs gun out, she heard a rustling noise and slowly went to the noise. "Hands Up!" The man she found was wearing a mask and was rummaging through Monicas dresser. The man suprised jumped and turned around with his hands up. "What is your name!" "Not tellin" "You are under arrest for breaking and entering, turn around!" The man then pulled out a gun, but Sha'Nae was faster, she shot the man in the knee and knocked the gun from his hands. "I said you are under arrest!" Sha'Nae grabbed the mans gun, put it in her belt and hand-cuffed the bastard.She then called the police and they took it from there. Monica sat on her bedroom floor wondering what that man had wanted. "I wonder what he could've wanted" "I dont know but he sure was after something" Sha'Nae said in a strict cop voice she only used when she was angry. The thing about Lieutennant Sha'Nae Rachelle Dominica was that she had grown up getting in fights, doing drugs, she grew up in the hood with no parents. She lived a hard life, spent six years in a federal prison for drug trafficking. After she got out she decided she wanted to be a cop, and here she was Lieutennant, she work for 13 years to get this promotion. She really was proud of herself for turning her life around.
"Monica breakfast!" "Coming Sha'Nae" It had been three months since the BNE and the two women had become close friends. "Mmmmm pancakes" "Your favorite" "Sha'Nae where did you learn to cook like this, its delicious" "Its called down home cookin', I taught myself" "Well its very delicious, can you teach me" "You dont know how to cook" "No my boyfri..." "Oh Monica im so sorry". Six weeks ago Monica's boyfriend, Havi, was on his way back from Santa Monica and he had gotten hit by an oil truck, both cars exploded, his body was never found. Monica had gone into this lonely gloomy place, where she would sit and stare into space for hours on end. No one knew what she was thinking about, she never talked of Havi, and when something reminded her of him, she would break down and cry for hours.
